Wednesday 4th March, 4:10pm
Acetylcholine in the rat testis: A lot of where, a little of why
Assoc Prof Rainer Haberberger, Anatomy & Histology, Flinders Medical Science & Technology

NEUROJAM* - Student Only Event with FREE Pizza and Drinks!!
Friday 6th March, 12 noon, Horseshoe Seminar Room, 5E132, Flinders Medical Centre
NeuroJam 2009
Ms Simona Carbone, PhD Student, Department of Human Physiology and CNS Student Representative
All Undergraduate, Honours and PhD Students are welcome!
*NeuroJam was established to assist students in giving presentations and participate in interesting scientific discussions in a fun, relaxed environment with a student-only audience. For more information, or to volunteer to present at NeuroJam please contact the CNS Student Representative.

Wednesday 11th March, 4:10pm
Higher cortical functioning: expect the expected?
Dr Willem van Steenbrugge, Speech Pathology & Audiology, Flinders Clinical Effectiveness

Wednesday 18th March, 4:10pm
The role of Galanin in the regulation of pancreatic amylase secretion
George Barreto, Surgery, Flinders Clinical and Molecular Medicine

Wednesday 25th March, 4:10pm
Identifying mechanisms of brain and gonad development using Sox3 transgenic mice
Assoc Prof Paul Thomas, School of Molecular & Biomedical Science, University of Adelaide

Tuesday 31st March, 2:00pm - 2:15pm, Michael Berry Seminar Room (6D222), Level 6, FMC
Honours Introductory Seminar: Classification of CGRP+/SP- sensory neurons
Garreth Kestell, BSc Honours Student, Anatomy & Histology

Tuesday 31st March, 2:45pm - 3:00pm, Michael Berry Seminar Room (6D222), Level 6, FMC
Honours Introductory Seminar: Characterization of viscerofugal sensory neurons within the gastrointestinal tract of the guinea pig
Tim Hibberd, BSc Honours Student, Human Physiology

Wednesday 1st April, 4:10pm
Part 1 of 3 - From Physics to Neural Circuits
Prof Marcello Costa, Human Physiology, Flinders Medical Science & Technology
*Marcello Costa in a 3 CNS seminar series, will summarize his views of how to navigate across the transitions between the physical environment and the emergence of neural organisms (from physics to neurons), then across the gaps between neural circuits of the brain and mental functions (from neurons to mind) and finally across the divide of mental functions and the physical world (from mind to physics). He will attempt to unify these apparently irreconcilable worlds under a unified physical conception. The seminars are naturally targeted for neuroscientists, but will also be of interest to philosophers, psychologists, linguists, biologists, cognitive scientists, computer scientists and other science and humanity disciplines. Part 2 to follow on 22nd April.

NEUROJAM* - Student Only Event with FREE Pizza and Drinks!!
Friday 3rd April, 12 noon, Horseshoe Seminar Room, 5E132, Flinders Medical Centre
Processing the motion of natural images in the cockpit of the fly
Paul Barnett, PhD student, Insect Vision Laboratory, University of Adelaide
All Undergraduate, Honours and PhD Students are welcome!
*NeuroJam was established to assist students in giving presentations and participate in interesting scientific discussions in a fun, relaxed environment with a student-only audience. For more information, or to volunteer to present at NeuroJam please contact the CNS Student Representative.

Wednesday 8th April - *No NeuroSeminar on this date < Easter Break >

Wednesday 8th April, 11:00am - 11:15am, Lecture Theatre 4, Level 5, FMC
Honours Introductory Seminar: Non-viral gene transfer into Microglia
Yi Him Ng, BSc Honours Student, Medical Biochemistry

Wednesday 8th April, 11:15am - 11:30am, Lecture Theatre 4, Level 5, FMC
Honours Introductory Seminar: Connexin-43 and astrocytic susceptibility to stress
Karen Hawke, BSc Honours Student, Medical Biochemistry

Wednesday 8th April, 11:30am - 11:45am, Lecture Theatre 4, Level 5, FMC
Honours Introductory Seminar: The role of mutated TDP-43 in neurodegeneration
Nicholas Tarca, BSc Honours Student, Medical Biochemistry

Wednesday 15th April, 4:10pm
Final PhD Seminar: Clearance amyloid-beta in Alzheimer's disease
Dr Yan-Jiang (John) Wang, Human Physiology, Flinders Medical Science & Technology

Wednesday 22nd April, 4:10pm
Part 2 of 3 - From Neural Circuits to Mind
Prof Marcello Costa, Human Physiology, Flinders Medical Science & Technology
*Marcello Costa in a 3 CNS seminar series, will summarize his views of how to navigate across the transitions between the physical environment and the emergence of neural organisms (from physics to neurons), then across the gaps between neural circuits of the brain and mental functions (from neurons to mind) and finally across the divide of mental functions and the physical world (from mind to physics). He will attempt to unify these apparently irreconcilable worlds under a unified physical conception. The seminars are naturally targeted for neuroscientists, but will also be of interest to philosophers, psychologists, linguists, biologists, cognitive scientists, computer scientists and other science and humanity disciplines. (Part 3 to follow on 6th May)

Wednesday 29th April, 4:10pm
Please note the seminar previously advertised for this date has been CANCELLED due to illness. It has been rescheduled to 8th July.

NEUROJAM* - Student Only Event with FREE Pizza and Drinks!!
Friday 1st May, 12 noon, Horseshoe Seminar Room, 5E132, Flinders Medical Centre
Where does that free pizza go? The neural mechanisms underlying gut motility
Simona Carbone, PhD student & CNS Student Rep, Human Physiology, Flinders University
All Undergraduate, Honours and PhD Students are welcome!
*NeuroJam was established to assist students in giving presentations and participate in interesting scientific discussions in a fun, relaxed environment with a student-only audience. For more information, or to volunteer to present at NeuroJam please contact the CNS Student Representative.

Wednesday 6th May, 4:10pm
Part 3 of 3 - From Mind to Physics
Prof Marcello Costa, Human Physiology, Flinders Medical Science & Technology
*Marcello Costa in a 3 CNS seminar series, will summarize his views of how to navigate across the transitions between the physical environment and the emergence of neural organisms (from physics to neurons), then across the gaps between neural circuits of the brain and mental functions (from neurons to mind) and finally across the divide of mental functions and the physical world (from mind to physics). He will attempt to unify these apparently irreconcilable worlds under a unified physical conception. The seminars are naturally targeted for neuroscientists, but will also be of interest to philosophers, psychologists, linguists, biologists, cognitive scientists, computer scientists and other science and humanity disciplines.

Wednesday 13th May, 4:10pm
Experimental Neuropathies of the ENS: Inflammation and ischemia
Prof John Furness, Dept of Anatomy & Cell Biology, University of Melbourne

Wednesday 20th May, 4:10pm
The functional properties of interneurons in the superficial dorsal horn of the spinal cord
Dr Brett Graham, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Newcastle

Wednesday 27th May, 4:10pm
Changes in uterine innervation as a result of pregnancy
Assoc Prof Ida Llewellyn-Smith, Medicine, Flinders Medical Science & Technology

Wednesday 3rd June, 4:10pm
Identifying the dipeptidyl peptidase (DP) 8 and 9 substrate degradome via application of CLIP-TAILS, a novel N-terminal proteomic technology
Claire Wilson, School of Biological Sciences, Flinders University

NEUROJAM* - Student Only Event with FREE Pizza and Drinks!!
Friday 5th June, 12 noon-1pm, Lecture Theatre 4, level 5, Flinders Medical Centre
*Please note LOCATION*
Centre for Neuroscience "Open Day" NeuroJam
The Centre for Neuroscience consists of independently run laboratories within Flinders University. Each with the common goal of understanding the nervous system. The "Centre for Neuroscience 'Open Day' NeuroJam" is an opportunity for students to gain first hand knowledge of potential projects they could be apart of. Students who undertake research within a Centre for Neuroscience laboratory are exposed to a variety of state-of-the-art research strategies in the fields of neuroanatomy, neurophysiology, neurochemistry, neuropharmacology, neuropsychology and neuronal modelling. If you are considering taking part in a Work Placement, Summer Scholarship, Honours or PhD project in neuroscience then we recommend you attend!

Wednesday 10th June, 4:10pm
Involvement of the kynurenine pathway in neurodegenerative diseases
Dr Gilles Guillemin, Dept of Neuroimmunology, University of New South Wales

Friday 12th June, 12 noon
*Please note DATE and TIME*
Final PhD Seminar:  Role of the amygdala and its monoaminergic inputs in brain neural circuitry mediating sympathetic cutaneous vasoconstrictor alerting response (SCVARs)
Keerthi Kulasekara, Human Physiology, Flinders Medical Science & Technology

Wednesday 17th June, 4:10pm
Neural mechanisms producing diarrhoea - lessons from cholera
Prof Joel Bornstein, Head, Enteric Neuroscience Laboratory, Department of Physiology, University of Melbourne

Wednesday 24th June, 4:10pm
Colonic peristalsis: How does it work?
Dr Nick Spencer, Visceral Neurophysiology Laboratory, Human Physiology, Flinders Medical Science & Technology

Wednesday 1st July, 4:10pm
Please note the seminar previously advertised for this date has been CANCELLED due to illness.

Wednesday 8th July, 4:10pm
Cellular stress responses and mechanisms of neurotoxicity in motor neuron Disease
Dr Julie Atkin, Motor Neuron Disease Laboratory, Brain Injury and Repair Group, Howard Florey Institute, Melbourne

13th July < Mid-Year Break Begins >